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Pueblo Peak is a 12,303-foot mountain in northern New Mexico’s Taos Mountains, part of the Sangre de Cristo range. About nine miles northeast of Taos, it is the state’s 27th-highest summit and rises steeply above nearby terrain, climbing more than 3,300 feet above Lucero Canyon in just 1.45 miles. Its runoff flows to tributaries of the Rio Grande west of the peak. The mountain is especially sacred to the people of Taos Pueblo and is closely tied to their homeland. In Taos Pueblo tradition it is called Maxwaluna, meaning “The High One.” Its high elevation gives it an alpine climate with snowy winters, summer thunderstorms, and late-summer monsoon weather.
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